Architecture and Welfare
Scandinavian Perspectives
Thordis Arrhenius editor Ellen Braae editor Guttorm Ruud editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Birkhauser
Publishing:30th Dec '24
£54.00
This title is due to be published on 30th December, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
The decades after the Second World War saw ambitious building programs to ensure social welfare. The Scandinavian countries in particular underwent an intense modernisation phase with the aim to distribute welfare to all. Yet, the relationship between welfare values and design in Scandinavia is anything but stable. The spatial and political legacy of post-war construction varies amongst Denmark, Sweden, and Norway and their welfare models have been changed, contested, and copied over time. This book explores how architecture, once seen as a medium for universal welfare, inclusion, and political participation, is now often associated with the opposite, such as alienation, exclusion, and segregation. The volume offers new perspectives on the history and redesign of post-war architecture and urbanity.
ISBN: 9783035627961
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
328 pages